1 Mark = 1 Shilling — 1 frane 25 eent. JC. ^ 1 Vespucci, AmerigO. MundUS Kovns. (In fine :) Magister johannes otmar vindelice impressit Auguste Anno -1504. 4°. 4 leaves. Gothic letters. 1250. — Harrisse Nr. 31. — This is one of the most remarkable editions of the Mundus Novus ; it is in every respect like that considered by Harrisse as the first (Nr. 22) with the only exception that it has the above colophon which is inserted in place of the words : Laus deo. It seems not impossible, that it is really the same impression. „This famous tract is , in any of its editions, now almost wholly unprocurable ; its value as a prime monument of geographical knowledge having caused the gradual absorption in great libraries of almost all the copies which during the last 50 years have crept into the markets." The present copy is in very good condition , it measures 195 by 140 millimeters, it is unbound, inner margin slightly torn. A fine copy can be made of it. rrkpistrTadTa":i'°ad Sdolphu,» AgrieoU,n sor>pta,^^^ _ Harrisse Nr. 112. ~ ^'^^^^iJr^Li uoon manoscripts. No map. ""^^ ""^Original edition, very rare. - Very large copy with rougli leaves at tlie who cites one copy oniy (at metnorabilium thesaurus. Huic «inlini J Polyhistor, rerum toto orbe memoid ^ , ^ , , , i lt> erici)0 mfpttam taurentio^ *Pctri Dc mcdicie (^imcm pliiriinam Dicit, , 10pmoiibuG Dicb^ fatis mpk tibi fcripU & rcdim mco &b . nomeilhsrfgionibuoqs ickfTcTimpcnUeimMatoidi^ rercnifTimipozmgaliercgisgqTiiiimiistinucnim^rquafcB nouu miindil appcUarclicct,^ugndo apud mai02cs nro3 miUa « ipis fucrit babita cognitio ondicntib^ oibiis fit nomnTima rcs# &t cm bcc opinionc noliroi? antiquo:^ c}:ccditj cu illo? maio: pars Dicat vlfra linca cqninoctialc:'r verfns mcridicm no cffcptincmctkd marc tati tumqJJatlanticuvdcaucrc.Tricjuicoaptinentcibiccoffirmancrutrcam c(Tctcrr3babitabillmultisronibusncgauerijt»Scdbancco:2opinionc c(Te falfam t vcritm omnino ptraria:bccmca vltima nauigatio Dcdara^ uitica in gtibus illis mcridianis contincnte inucncrim frcquentio:ibus, ppfis 7 aialibus babitatvi:cg noltrci curopa fcu afiam vci africa : i infue «erc magis tempatil 7 amenum qm in quauis alia regione a nobis cogni ta p:ou£ mfcrius intclligcs : vbi (uccinctc tantum rc?: capita fcribem^ : t res Disnto:es annotatione 7 memo:ia quea me vel vife vcl auditc in boc nouo mundo fucrevt infra patcbit» PTKofpero curfu quartadccima mcnfiis maij millcrimo q'nscnter« mo pzimo rccelTim^ab olvfippo madante p:cfato rcge cij rribus = nauibus ad inqrcndas noiias regioncs verfus aultru ct Wgintil menribusptinctcrnauigauimusadmcridi?:cuiusnauigationi5 . 01^0 taliselh THauigatio nra fiiite infulas fo:tunatas : ficolim x>ictQS nuncaiJtappcllatur mrulc magnccanaric: que fwit m tertio climate 7 in pfinibusbabitatioccidcnti3*5ndcg oceanu totnm littus ofricumtpar je.m etbiopiciecurnmus vfcj^ ad pmontoiitt ctbiopumiUc a ptolomeo , Dictu : Qv5 nunca nf is appcUat cQputviridc; r ab ctbiopicis befcgbicc:-? . regio tUa mancJinga gradib^.jciuiantro to:rida 3ona a linea cquinocti f 2li vafus fcptetrioncquea nigris gctibus z pptts babitanllbircrump^ tis viribus 7 necenarijs noltre nauigatoi:c)ctuIimus oncbo:as 7 cjepo n^ dimus vd a ventis : 7 nollru iter p uailifTimu oceanu Dirigentes vcrfud . sjntarciicu panlpcr g occidcntc inflciiimiis ^ vcntu qui vuUurnus Dicifj ct a Die qua reccfrimus a Dicto pmontoiioiom mcnfiu 7 triu Dic^ fpatio nauigauimus antccg vlla terra nobis appareret»?» ca aiit maris vallita tCf^d pafTi fucrimus:que naufragy picula 7 queco:po:is incdmoda fufti .. nuerimusrqbufq^ anvictatibus animil3bo:auerimus:e,rilto reiinquo:qui multa;2 rcrij cvpicntia optimc norut: qd fit inccrta quererc ; T^nc an fi fiut ignorates mucUigare : 7 vt vuo verbo vuiuerfa gUringaj . ; qaadragmtaquatuo: babuimus cu ^luuia toniti uis 7 cfx^zufcdtoibus itaobfcuros vt ncq^ folcm Dicmcq^fcrcnucelu m noctc vncg vidcrcm^* £t\io fQcm crt vt tatus m nobis inccfTcnttimo::q? pcnc lam ocm vitcf|^2 flbicccram^nn bis aut tot tatifcB p^occlha inaris tcclirplacust altifTrmb nobis co25mdllrarcptincntetnoiia0rcgidnc6ifinotiiq5mundu,^U!> bws vifis tato gfufi fuim^ gaudio:cgtu quifq^ cogitarc pct folcrc bis sic^ cidcrc q cjc varijs calamitatibus 7 Qdncv(a foitmm klntcm pkcuti funv IDicmtfcptimn augurtimiUcfimo qngcntcfimo p:imo;in ipraarcgion» littoiibus fubmifim^ ancbotas ae agctcs oco nro folcni fupplicatoe otqj vnius miflc cantu ci5 cdcbJitate,5bi cam tcrza cognouim^ no infula fcd cotincntc cffc^quia -r longiffimis^ducif littbnbus no ambicntibu^ cam:-! infinitie babitatozibus rcplcta cft.T^a in ca innumcras gcntcs « ppfos 7 oim filucltriij aialium gcncra:quc in noflris rcgionibus rcpcri^ untur inucnim^: -r multa alia 0 nobis nili^ vifa>Dc qbus nnguhs Iong5 cfrctrcfciTc.^ultanobis x>cickmctia circijfulfit quado illis rcgionib^ «pplicuimus:nam ligna Dcfcccrant 7 aqua:paucifq^Dicbiis in mari viti ^fcrrc potcramus.^pfi bonoz ct glozia -r grati^rijactid. ^nfiUum ccpimus n^mQmdifccundn bui^ ptincntislittusvtr fus o:ientcm:niicg illius afpcctu rcIicturi.ZDo]cq5 illud tMiu jCurnmu6:a?Buenim^ ad vnuanguliivbilitus vcrfurafacicbat fldmcrldic: t ab co loco vbip:imutcrraattigimus vfcgad biJcanguliJj •ftierut circs trcccntc lcnccAn buius nauigatois fpatio:plurics ocfccndi^ mus in tcr^a:-? amicabitt' cu ca scntcpncrfati fiiim^:vt infm audies»0b< litus fucra tibi fcribcrc q> a ^moto:io capi tis viridis vfcp ad )pncipiunt ilU^ ptinentis: funt circa fcptingcntc kucc : (guis cviflim^ nos nstnggfrc pluf(g miUc octingentas partim igno:ati a locoa 7 nauckitpQrtim tipc ftatibus «ventis ipcdicntibus nofli: rcctu itcni ipellcntibu^ ad frc^n^ tes verfaras»^uod fi ad me focij animii no adicciffcnt cui nota crat coU mograpbia: niiUus crat nauclcrus ff u du)c nauigatiois^q ad cjngcntas icucas nofccrct vbi ecmus»i£ramus cm vagi 7 crratcs:t inllrum^ta tan^ tumodo altitudinil cb:po?: cclclliu:nobis ad amiilTim vcritntc oridcrijt: « bi fuerc q dra n s 7 aflrola b m: vt i ocs cogn oucre. 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